Jeremy Pruitt, defensive coordinator for Florida State during its national championship run this past season, is expected to accept the same position at Georgia, multiple sources told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Pruitt, 39, was said to be in Athens Tuesday, where he met with Richt and other members of Georgia’s staff.

This is an interesting move on more than one level, starting with my guess that Pruitt’s going to have a bigger contract than Grantham did.

With the return of Bo Davis to the fold, essentially Texas and Alabama have swapped defensive line coaches this offseason. The move is of interest for a couple of reasons. One, Chris Wilson had interviewed with Saban for the position. Two, Kirby Smart was evidently not even in Tuscaloosa when the hire was made.

Speaking of Wilson, per CoachingSearch.com, USC head coach Steve Sarkisian reached out to Wilson when Davis jumped ship. Wilson turned him down.

And speaking of Smart, there is plenty of crazy talk out there about his return to Athens. And when I say crazy talk, I mean “5 years at $1.5 million/year” crazy talk. Honestly, that doesn’t surprise me. It’s silly season right now. What does surprise me is that it feels like Smart is an overwhelming favorite among the fan base for the job. I wonder how everyone will feel if Kirby leverages the situation for another raise out of Alabama. Again.

If you’d like to put your name in the hat, here’s where you can apply. Note that the positions currently available are defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Since there’s no posting for secondary coach, I assume that means they’re leaving options open for Grantham’s replacement.

You know, it won’t surprise me in the least if a year from now if Boom cans his entire offensive staff and brings in Rhett Lashlee to run a version of Malzahn’s offense because the Gators ”… needed more tempo, we needed to create more snaps, we needed to create more space plays…”

The NCAA’s chief legal officer says that when it comes to televised broadcasts of sporting events – you know, the ones the conferences and schools get paid for to allow all those nifty commercials – players are just like fans in the stands “when the camera catches their face in the broadcast.”

Quote Of The Day

“He had some good pointers,” Smart said about Saban’s advice on dealing with the quarterback battle. “But I’ll keep that between he and I. I’m always looking for good advice especially dealing with the quarterback situation.” — Dawgs247, 5/16/18